Robert Gronski, senior policy coordinator for the National Catholic Rural Life Conference, will discuss the moral imperative of global climate change.
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March2009

Policymakers tap service-learning research potential
in efforts to address chronic social illSix students taking a service-learning course together this semester are responding to a call for a policy analysis from the Brown County Task Force on Homelessness. The class will collect, analyze and present data on local homeless people and their interactions with social services.
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Blogging through the financial fog
A new graduate’s interest in web design and personal finance issues has resulted in a blog that is attracting attention across the country.>>MORE

Good economic news is in the
mail for next year’s incoming class
This month, admitted students for the class of 2013 will open financial aid packages that average more than $24,000 for all those who completed the FAFSA and qualified for aid.
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Chinese human rights
activist to speak on campusHarry Wu, known for his work to end the wrongful imprisonment of dissidents in China, will deliver a lecture April 1 as part of the Great Decisions series.
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New role for director of
the Peace and Justice CenterA new leadership position means
Sister Sally Ann Brickner, O.S.F., ’67 will be stepping down from the directorship of the Peace and Justice Center, a role that she has filled for almost 10 years.
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This month’s question:Kim Szatkowski ’81writes, “Abbot, I've always heard what a wonderful, generous man my great uncle, Father Luke Dionne, was. But he died suddenly when I was very young – I believe that would have been in the 1960s. Now, since nearly everyone who knew him is deceased, I wonder if the college archives have any more information on his legacy?

By the way, it is interesting that the Dionne family coat of arms includes the fleur-de-lis, also associated with the Norbertines, and that the family motto is ‘In Service to God.’Just curious, perhaps this went into Luke’s decision to become a Norbertine priest?”
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